Well I ended up making it out on Sunday, November 24th, for my first ice fishing adventure of the year. Though it wasn’t a trip where I brought home walleyes, I was still able to set the hook into a few walleyes and work the kinks out.
The ice was 5-6″ thick on the particular lake I was on. Conditions are different on lakes in the area and some of the lakes just locked up on Friday night. Please use caution before venturing out, as some of the “early ice” lakes were still iffy this past weekend.
I was hoping for better luck while out on the ice, but just getting out there again was enough for me. Temperatures are looking to be cooler again at night for the remainder of the week so the ice conditions should improve if we don’t get much for snow in the coming days.
Good luck and stay safe out there!